Hook or stud



c. |v|UNTER. HOOK 0R STUD.

APPLICATION FILED DEC-5|1917. 1,345,621.

Puente-M1111? 6, 1920..

y@ QW nationaal llltltftl MUNTER, `l? NEW YRK, ll. Y.

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.To dZ/l @client t may concern i 3 y lle it `knmvn thatl, Cuantaslltlnn'rnn, a citizen oit the United "tdtatesg resid ing "in the cityoit New lforlt, borough ot llttanhattan,

county and tate oit ltlew itlforlr, have in-` vented a certain new anduse'liul lloolr or lltud, oliivhich the l:lolloyving is a fspecilicavlll tionl i i i y 'lhis invention is a hook or stud orlacing', and,while the saine may be employed y, with sliocs, leggings, or any `otherarticle universal among fltl l oit ivcnring` apparel, itis particularlyadapted :t'or use with corsets, brassieres, etc.

'lheobject oit the inventionis toprovide a hoolo "or: sud which may beeasily `and `inanutactured, niay be readily "lied to a garment, and oneivhich will n the opento thefobjection, which :is alniost studs, that itvvill catch the Igoods, the fstruciu eoiithis invention being so`constituted Qthatthe "goods cannot po`s` `sibly catchmfer thelmolr andbecome torn7 asylias.heretofore generally beenthe case.

l il`jurtherobject oli the invention` is to J provide a hooi(orstrudavhich; will cooperate avith the lacing1 in suchfinanner astelock all . all

the .lacing against `3 inadvertent nient therefrom.

.disengage rllhe invention `furthercoinsists in aninr` provednianner otforming the hook or stud ,lfthrough the swagingand subsequentbend ingrol ablank in a manner hereinafter` more lfully expla1ned i llfeatures`oit the invention, othenthan those speciied, as vvell as theadvantaages thereof, will be apparent `trono the herein atter detaileddescrip ion `talren in conjunc tion `with the accompanying drawings.

. ln the accompanying d 'aivlngs l have illustrated one practicalembodiment ol the y invention, shown is to be understood asillustrative, only, and not as defining the limits of the but theconstruction ytherein invention. y

Figure lis an elevation of the blank trono which the stud is formed.

lligs.` 2, 3 and l are sections on the lines 2"2, BS, and lf-4t,respectively, ol Fig, 1. Fig. 5 is a view corresponding to lling. 1, butshowing the blanlr as sWaged into the desired shape.

lligs. t3, i and are cross-section`s on the lines "fi-6, if-7, and 8MS,respectively, ol lling. li. i

l Speotioation of Letters Patent.

Aapplication 'Filed lleeeinber `5, 1.917. `er'al lilo. 205,623.

associated. i `ln fornnngthe stud ol this invention, a

lltatentod July n, ltltll.

Slis a side elevation ol the construenon or lf fr lling. l is a vien7of" the construction y shoivn in Fig, S) after the blank has been bentinto `linal shape. 1

1. A o lug. 11, shows the construction ol' Fig. 1() partly incontraisection, and` Fig. 12 shows the stud in placeupon the material. withwhich it is adapted to be` blank AQ is' Afirst provided o1 the generalshape shown in ltlg. l, the configuration thereoitI .siniulatingthato'li a dunlblbell. The

blank embodies two globular sections il and ll, united by a shanlt l),circular in cross` y tiection ll constitutes the head of the stud,section D the shank thereof,` and section A that portion thereof which.is

section.

adaptedfto be manipulated to torni the base and attzfiching' portion.

i it blank ot the character shown in Fig. 1

into the shape shown best in Figs. 5 and 7,. during?r 'which operationsection il is flattened out into a circular plate E, while thedownwardly into the forni of av "tubular sleeve l* the lower end etWinch 1s preferably serrated, to forni tapering tongues or points (if,during1 the stamping' and forming operations. y A i 1 I i ilheintcrioriolisleeve F 'forms a socket by `the next i operation, whichconsists in bending shank l) upon itself aliterthe man ner showninlligs. l0, 11 and 12. ln .the preferred construction, shank l) is bent,as at (Z, to such extentthat head B extends Well into socket lil,preferably 'for substantially one-halt the diameter of the head.

it stud constructed and formed as described may be readily secured toany ina- `teria] l by simply providing an aperture i through which thesleeve portion F ol' the stud may he passed, "whereupon the points G arebent outwardly togrip the material l between the plate E and saidpoints,as clearly shown in llig. 19.

rlhe advantages oi? the stud are numerous.

ln the first place, it will be `apparent that,

since head ll projects to an appreciable extent down into socket l'l, 1t1s absolutely nnpossible, when the stud is secured to a gan `having`been provided, section A is svvaged y .E0 y center thereolg is stampedout andvviped y ll into which head l5 is caused to protrude ment foriotheriportions of 'the garment to get cauglito'ver the head Aand becometorn,

as is generally the casein prior devices. In the second place, shank.D'A is 'circular in cross-section, sol that there will be notendeney'whatsoever to cut the lace associated with the hook, and saidlace will slip more readily through the hook, in tightening the lace,after the same has been brought into cooperative relation therewith.

Thirdly, head B Vprojects well .intosoeket H, which leaves :but slightclearance betweenthe head 'and the socket walls. In applying a lace tothe stud, the lace is simply slipped beneath the head B, slightly morethan half oii which head projects above plate E, which construction,coupled with the resiliency or' bent portion d of shankD, permits of thelace being readily slipped under the head into the loopof the stud.l/Vhen the lace is pulled tight, itinay be sprung over the head, duetothe resiliency at the ,bend d of the shank.' lIt, of course, requiresthe saine tension to release the lace from the hook,

and',fl;a`ccordingly, the lacecannot becoine inadvertently disengagedfrom said hook.

Even;A though it become -untied, it will re-` main in cooperativerelation to the hook. Fourthly, as head B extends well into socket H,the structure'of the stud is inadevery compactand the stud' doesVnot'eXtend to an Y objectionable distance away from they garment, as isfrequently the case in prior devices. ther advantages, such as the easeof securing the stud to a garment, the ease and economy of manufacture,vand the L'strength-due to th'e integral construction,

' aswill be 4o .novel as is commensurate with the appended claims. y

'attaching Vportion and provided with a ball shaped end; extending anappreciable distance into the socket, said ball shaped end being ofsubstantially' the same diameter as the diameter of the socket, wlieiebya constricted annular space is left between the ball. shaped end and thewall of the socket.

Vthrough which space a lace is adapted to be passed into engagement withthe hook shaped portion, said hook shaped portion yielding slightly toallow of the passage oi' the lace between the ball shaped end and thewall of the socket.

2. A hook or stud embodying an attaelr ing portion provided with asocket, a hook shaped portion integral with the attaching portion andprovided at its end with a spherical knob extending into the socket andthe attaching portion to such extent that it is necessary to spring thehook shaped portion in order to draw the lacethereover and between itsspherical end and the Walls ol the socket, said hook shaped portionbeing curvilinear in cross section throughout whereby the cutting of thelace is obviated.

3. A stud or hook embodyin an attaching portion provided with a sodket,a resilient hook shaped portion integral with the socket and formed atits free end to project an appreciable distance into said socket andoccupyy the major portion of the mouth thereof whereby, when a lace isdrawn over the hook shaped portion the hook is sprung to allow of thepassage of the lace between the free end of the hook shaped portion andthe wall of the socket, the lace being thereafter resiliently locked inplace against inadvertent' disengagement from the stud.

In testimony whereofl have signed my name to this specication.

CHARLES MUNTER.

